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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Agricola help rectify the treasury?
2. What did Tacitus credit to changing the Gaul's warlike past?
3. Which German tribe(s) invaded Italy in 113 B.C.?
4. What was one way a non-native established Roman citizenship?
5. Tacitus noted that the Germans felt which way about gold and silver?
Short Essay Questions
1. What were some false beliefs Tacitus had about Britain?
2. Tacitus claimed Roman forces were able to defeat Germans after their first encounter due to what?
3. Describe reasons why the British believed "peacetime" under Roman rule was equivalent to slavery.
4. Tacitus described marriage in German cultures. According to his description, what were common gifts between a man and woman that were to be married? What did the gifts symbolized?
5. How did Agricola use surprise to attack Anglesey?
6. What evidence does Mattingly suggest shows Agricola likely took a route to cross the river Annan?
7. Describe the Germans judicial system as Tacitus understood it.
8. What did Tacitus intend to write in his old age, but why was it never written?
9. How did Tacitus describe Fenni life and how they reached a state of contentment that was far from Roman life?
10. How did Tacitus commend Agricola's utilization of his armies during peacetime? What did Agricola do during peacetime?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What was the agenda of "The Germania?" Provide examples and evidence of theory of what Tacitus wanted the reader to know.
Essay Topic 2
How did Tacitus feel about the Roman Empire? What shows this? Did he agree with conquests and campaigns or was he in disagreement with the Roman way of life?
Essay Topic 3
Mattingly suggested Germania might have had a small influence in the Nazi effort of bringing back a pure race. What evidence in "The Germania" could support this theory?
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